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byjove posts to Tumblr:

British people hate paprika in particular for some reason. Have not changed their stance on that since Jonathan Harker. For some reason it’s the first thing they mention when talking about disgusting American food, presumably because it features in a lot of recipe videos. Perhaps the funniest example of this was when someone commented “WHAT WAS THAT DISGUSTING ARTIFICIAL LOOKING RED POWDER?” under a chicken recipe and everyone tore them to shreds. Anyway, I’m a smoked p aprika fanatic and I genuinely think paprika haters are weaklings.

selenekallanwriter replies:

My most basic seasoning for meats is made of garlic, onion, pepper and paprika.

If I’m doing a stew/bolognese/something hearty, then: garlic, onion, cumin, pepper, paprika, oregano, basil, thyme, and cane sugar. And that’s nothing compared to other cultures’ cuisine.

The British are weaak.

  • Zagorath@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Jonathan Harker’s exact description of the paprika hendl was:

    a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty. (Mem., get recipe for Mina.)

    He found it made him need to drink water because it dried him out (at least that’s how I’ve always interpreted “thirsty”), but it was so good he wanted to get the recipe so his soon-to-be wife could make it for him. Sexism aside, that doesn’t sound like someone too “weak” to handle it.